April 19, 2015

Soil Health – Organic Gardening Is Sustainable Agriculture – Westchester County

Finally, Spring has come to the Northeast! Isn’t it amazing how a simple thing like driving down the road or strolling up your home’s entrance way is an entirely different experience than it was just a month ago? Trees are budding, daffodils are popping up, it feels good again to be outside! Organic Gardening – Healthy Soil Promotes Life At 

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February 18, 2015

Evaluating Landscapes and the Condition of Adjacent Trees – Fairfield County

EVALUATING THE CONDITION OF ADJACENT TREES In our Fairfield County environment, trees are also essential for life. They are important for water quality, soil stabilization, cleaning our air and producing oxygen as well as cooling, providing shade and necessary habitat for wildlife and beneficial insects. By nature, the east coast ecosystems are predominantly forest systems and as such, are fungal 

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February 17, 2015

Resources for Creating a Green, Organic and Healthy Landscape – Fairfield County

Going organic with a green landscape will absolutely improve the health and quality of your landscape environment and potentially your health as well. Why not make up your mind to make a change today for a more beautiful, healthier landscape today? Increasing biodiversity with the addition of native plants and trees will help you transition to an organic garden or 

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January 27, 2015

Organic Lawn Practices & Maintenance – Westchester County

What does it take to maintain a beautiful green lawn using organic, natural methods and products? Start in the spring by cleaning-up your lawn. A common mistake many commercial landscapers make is aggressive raking or thatching of the lawn surface. In our area, March and April weather conditions are such that the root system is generally in a fragile state 

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January 27, 2015

Green Landscaping Practices – Westchester, Fairfield and Putnam Counties

What is Green Landscaping? Is it a trend? A gimmick? What does it mean? What does it represent? At the core, we can hope that going green in your landscape means managing and conserving resources ecologically and economically to improve our health and well being. Nature does a pretty good job on her own. Take trees for instance. In Southern 

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